Recipe: Hondvo (vegetable cake)

Preparation time 8 hours
Cooking time - 40 minutes
This recipe serves 4

Ingredients for vegan Hondvo

• 1.5 cups of Hondvo flour

• 200g of vegan yoghurt - I used this one

• 2 chillies

• 400ml of water

• roughly 1cm cubed of ginger without the skin

• 1.5 teaspoons of salt

• 1/4 of a teaspoon of turmeric powder

• a pinch of bicarbonate of soda

• 2 carrots

• 1 tablespoon of oil

• 2 or 3 dried chillies (optional)

• 1/2 teaspoon of mustard seeds (optional)

• 1/2 a cup of sesame seeds

• 1/2 teaspoon of eno

How to make vegan Hondvo

1. blend the yoghurt, chilli, water, ginger, salt, turmeric, bicarbonate of soda together

2. add the flour and blend for 10 seconds

3. peel and grate the carrots

4. put the contents of the blender and the carrots in a container that has an airtight lid and mix it thoroughly

5. put the lid on the container and put it in an airing cupboard, on the boiler or somewhere warm

6. leave it overnight

7. preheat the oven to 180 degrees

8. add the eno to the Honvo mix and keep stirring until you see it frothing/bubbling a little

9. heat the oil in a pan or in the microwave

10. once hot, either add the dried chillies and mustard seeds, put the lid on the pan and set aside when the seeds start popping and then complete step 11, 12 and 13 or simply mix the oil into the Hondvo mix and complete step 11, 12 and then go to step 14

11. lightly brush the muffin tray/ovenproof dish with oil

12. pour the Honvo mix into a muffin tray or an ovenproof dish

13. pour the oil with the mustard seeds and dried chillies over the Hondvo mix (optional, see step 10)

14. sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the Hondvo mix

15. when the oven is ready, put the Honvo in the middle of the oven and let it cook until it’s golden brown

16. check the oven after 40 minutes as it will be done between 40 and 45 minutes

17. let it cool and then enjoy with a cup of Indian tea

Variations

You can put the following in the Hondvo instead of, or as well as, carrots

• courgette

• dudhi

• cooked rice

• a combination of the above

Hina, is a friend of mine. She made Hondvo in a muffin tray when her family went for a picnic. I’ve never seen or heard of anyone doing this before. It’s such an awesome idea!

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